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Christine Barker

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Bio

Christine Barker was raised in a military family and spent her childhood moving across Europe and the United States. By the time she started high school, her father had retired from the US Navy and the family returned to Santa Fe, New Mexico, a place they have called home since the 1880s. Devoted to the study of dance, she moved to New York City at the age of twenty. Barker appeared in the productions of Promises, Promises; Seesaw; and No, No Nanette before being cast in the London production of the Tony Award–winning A Chorus Line, which opened at the Royal Drury Lane Theater in 1976. She eventually joined the Broadway cast in New York City. Her theatrical life was shaped by Alvin Ailey, Tommy Tune, and later Michael Bennett. She was working on Broadway when the AIDS epidemic hit and witnessed the tragedy unfold in the theater wings, fashion houses, and in the hospitals of New York City. In addition to her theater credits, Barker has appeared in numerous national television commercials. She holds an MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College.

Christine Barker Books

The Retaliation book cover

The Retaliation

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Third Girl from the Left a memoir book cover

Third Girl from the Left a memoir

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